Gothicise

English

Etymology

Gothic +‎ -ise

Verb

Gothicise (third-person singular simple present Gothicises, present participle Gothicising, simple past and past participle Gothicised)

1. (transitive) To make Gothic in style or character.
   • 2006, Veronica Ortenberg, In Search of the Holy Grail: The Quest for the Middle Ages:

     ..He was commissioned to Gothicise the royal apartments at Windsor and to work on William Beckford's house at Fonthill.

   • 2012, Andrew Smith, Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion, page 229:

     Her tales of benevolent ghosts Gothicise everyday domestic space.

   • 2012, Isabella Van Elferen, Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny:

     Music can be a Gothicising factor in the cinema without necessarily being representative of the genre itself: the performativity of musical connotations can cause a Gothicising of the film narrative or imagery.